stat points aren't nearly as important as growth rates. Where 2 points covers an obvious weakness at the start of the game, 20 misplaced growth rate points will show a spread of 8 points in the wrong direction at the end of the character's growth (.2*40)
(This assumes you can go up to 20, then promote, then 20 again. If you can go higher than this, then it's even more important to have your stat growth points in the right spot and less important that you put those two points in res instead of defense.)
(This assumes you can go up to 20, then promote, then 20 again. If you can go higher than this, then it's even more important to have your stat growth points in the right spot and less important that you put those two points in res instead of defense.)